Monument record M1181 - Iron Age-Roman settlement, Holme Pierrepont (Site 2)
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 61822 38794 (285m by 218m) |
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Map sheet | SK63NW |
District | Rushcliffe |
Civil Parish | Holme Pierrepont, Rushcliffe |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Enclosures, possible circle. (1)
In an area of about 1 km sq on the gravel terrace are four farmsteads … three sites have already been excavated and are now destroyed by quarrying. Waterlogged deposits at the bottom of a well. (2) Position of well not marked on the excavation plans. (6)
Site 2 began as an IA hut circle, and the enclosures were laid out later. (3)
Excavation showed a group of rectangular enclosures with Ro pottery. Also a well containing animal bones and organic matter. A circular hut, possibly IA. (4)
Morph: 69.2.1 Group interpreted as Roman Settlement. (5)
See L8045 for BA cremation, L1180, L1182 for nearby cropmarks.
Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.
JAP 40/19
<1> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.
Other Refs: 40/19 (NLAP SK 6138/8)
<2> Thoroton Society, 1978, TTS, p 76 (Published document). SNT391.
<3> O'Brien C, 1979, Invasion and Response, BAR 73, pp 303, 305 (Published document). SNT972.
<4> TVARC, 1980, Gazetteer, p 47 (Published document). SNT401.
<5> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.
<6> H Wheeler, 1978, Plans from Holme Pierrepont excavations 1976-78 (Plan). SNT4699.
Sources/Archives (7)
- --- SNT2645 Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
- <1> SNT1148 Aerial photograph: Pickering J. Air photos.
- <2> SNT391 Published document: Thoroton Society. 1978. TTS. 82. p 76.
- <3> SNT972 Published document: O'Brien C. 1979. Invasion and Response, BAR 73. Iron Age and Romano British Settlement in the Tren. pp 303, 305.
- <4> SNT401 Published document: TVARC. 1980. Gazetteer. p 47.
- <5> SNT1470 Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.
- <6> SNT4699 Plan: H Wheeler. 1978. Plans from Holme Pierrepont excavations 1976-78. A2.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM